About Alyse Nelson, CEO, Vital Voices

Alyse Nelson is president and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership. A cofounder of Vital Voices, Alyse has worked for the organization for 20 years, serving as vice president and senior director of programs before assuming her current role in 2009. Under her leadership, Vital Voices has expanded its reach to serve over 15,000 women leaders in 144 countries.

Previously, Alyse served as deputy director of the State Department’s Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative and worked with the President’s Interagency Council on Women at the White House. Alyse is a Member in the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society and is a Board member of Running Start. Alyse is a part of the Expert Group for the B Team and is on the Advisory Board of Chime for Change. Fortune Magazine named Alyse one of the 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter. Alyse was honored with a Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award.

One of the things I’ve learned along the way is that a person’s path to leadership is rarely planned out perfectly – it’s an experience that begins with a conviction to do something……Alyse Nelson

Show Notes

For more than two decades, Vital Voices has worked with thousands of women from more than 184 countries and territories to help them develop as leaders and entrepreneurs. Perhaps most interesting, these women make up a significant network of individuals who are at the forefront of global progress and innovation around the world. Our guest on the podcast is Alyse Nelson, the CEO of Vital Voices. Alyse is leading a model often referred to as “collaboration in action,” where she brings together corporate, nonprofit, and governmental partnerships to support these women and the impact that they’re having in their communities. We talked about how she measures progress — for herself and the organization; the power of mentorship; distilling feedback to get the greatest benefit; and much more. Her work and her approach is not only inspiring, but is creating momentum to help other women reach their potential as leaders that in turn helps them create change needed to solve problems around the world.